le Puy de Mercoeur
Loop Walk
400
XP
about 2 h 45 min walking
1164 m
1025 m
885 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
311 m
Drop
309 m
Highest
1122 m
Lowest
899 m
Walking time
about 2 h 45 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 8.6 km, climbs 17% for 600 m near the end, comes down 20% for 230 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 20% for 230 m early on, comes down 17% for 600 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.9 km at 10%+, 0.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 8.6–10.5, from 934 m to 1121 m.
How the 11.2 km splits
Flat
2.5 km
Climbing
3.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.9 km
Descending
4.1 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km